LICENSURE
Admitted to Missouri Bar- September 2002; Missouri Bar No.: 52142
Admitted to Kansas Bar- April 2003; Kansas Bar No.: 21049
EXPERIENCE
Baty, Holm & Numrich & Otto, PC
Kansas City, Missouri, April 2005- 2019
Partner
- Handle full range of litigation matters including personal injury, products liability, workers compensation and construction defects
- Represent insureds through personal lines and commercial general liability policies
- Experienced in litigating motor vehicle claims, product liability, construction defects, premises liability and workers compensation claims
- Provide counsel to corporate clients on business formation, EEOC claims, employment issues, stock acquisitions, operating agreements and creation of employee handbooks
- Provide insurance coverage opinions, provide coverage defenses to insurance companies
- Successfully mediate and negotiate settlement of complex claims
- Trial and appellate experience
- Superlawyers Rising Star 2011-2018
- Martindale-Hubbell AV rating
Boyd & Kenter, PC
Kansas City, Missouri, April 2004- April 2005
Associate
- Represent Claimants in workers’ compensation proceedings
- Duties included client development, discovery, claims development, mediation, trial, appeals, supervising staff and client relations
Missouri Attorney General’s Office
Assistant Attorney General, August 2002- April 2004
Labor Division– Kansas City, Missouri
- Represented the Missouri Second Injury Fund in workers’ compensation proceedings at the Division of Workers’ Compensation, the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission and the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
- Extensive trial, deposition and discovery experience
- Carried caseload of approximately 1000 cases
Governmental Affairs Division– Jefferson City, Missouri
- Served as general counsel to the Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects; the Missouri Board of Barber Examiners; and the Missouri Office of Athletics
- Represented state licensing boards in disciplinary actions at the Administrative Hearing Commission and before licensing boards
- Represented the Department of Mental Health in Circuit Court actions
- Represented the Director of Revenue in DWI revocation appeals at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
Cochran, Oswald, McDonald, Roam, Moore, P.C.
Blue Springs, Missouri, August 2001- May 2002
Law Clerk
- Legal Research– Criminal, Civil, Corporate and Tax
- Case Development
EDUCATION
University of Missouri Kansas City– School of Law; Kansas City, Missouri; Juris Doctor, May 2002
- Dean’s List
- International Law Society, Secretary
- International Legal Studies– Ireland, Summer 2000 (University College Dublin; Magee College, Derry)
Drury College; Springfield, Missouri; Bachelor of Arts, 1999
School of Liberal Arts, English Major
AFFILIATIONS
Missouri Bar Association
Kansas Bar Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association – Ross T. Roberts Inn of Court
Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers